Movie Set Lingo
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Martini | Last shot of the day |
| Penultimate shot | second to last shot of the day |
| Picture's up | Said by AD, indicates about to do an actual take |
| Rehearsal's up | Said by AD, about to perform dress rehearsal |
| Crafty | Craft Services |
| Props | All objects on set used in movie |
| Pretties | wardrobe, make-up, hair |
| Last Looks | warning to pretties that moments from shooting |
| Transpo | transportation |
| Pass Van | Passenger Van |
| Cube Truck | Square Uhaul truck |
| Video Village | "tent city"- small encampment of video monitors under a pop-up tent where the director, producers and ADs monitor video and audio feeds |
| pop ups | tents used to provide shade for video village, props, crafty, etc. |
| Sides | 1. copies of reduced sized script pages for that day's shooting. easier to hold, handle. 2.Script pages used for casting and auditioning. 3. Sheets attached to the sides of op-ups. |
| Circle or Print | Director tells script supervisor to indicate best take to use. |
| Going Again | When director wants another take right away. |
| Safety | After a perfect take, shoot it one more time to make sure there is a double. |
| Traveling | Walking on set from a "run" |
| Hot Points | Yell to indicate you are carrying something that could stab somebody |
| Crossing | spoken to camera Op to indicate crossing frame |
| The Jenny | Generator |
| Breaking the Bubble | of canter shot, not level |
| Day for night | shooting during the day and passing it off as night |
| MOS | shot without sound |
| background | extras |
| walla | background chatter |
| Walkie | walkie talkie |
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